Marcel Danesi

Marcel Danesi (born 1946) is Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

Danesi regularly contributes to global discussions on semiotics and human behaviors with appearances including a discussion on kissing on The Deep Cover Show with Damien Dynan[2] and the origins of puzzles in Best Health magazine.

[3] Danesi is the author of several books and his work has been featured in a range of mainstream publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian[4] and The Globe and Mail.

Reviewing the book in the journal Semiotica (of which Danesi himself has been editor-in-chief since 2004), Omonpee W. Petcoff wrote, "The author purposefully and masterfully presents semiotics principles and pedagogy in non-technical terms.

The outcome is a text that, while rich in semiotics fundamentals and terminology, is also inviting, engaging, and, accordingly, accessible to diverse readers.